Possible causes of Loss of balance
21 conditions can cause this symptom. Most common are listed first.
- Alcohol (ethanol) intoxication Common Pediatric
- Basilar artery migraine (headache) Common
- Brain tumor (cancer) Common Urgent Pediatric
- Cerebral vascular accident (stroke) Common Urgent
- Concussion (head injury) Common Pediatric
- Hypoglycemia (low blood glucose) Common Urgent Pediatric
- Labyrinthitis (dizziness and vertigo) Common
- Medication reaction Common Urgent Pediatric
- Meniere's disease Common
- Multiple sclerosis (MS) Common
- Otitis media (middle ear infection) Common Pediatric
- Transient ischemic attack (TIA, pre stroke) Common Urgent
- Altitude illness Urgent
- Cerebral palsy Pediatric
- Chicken pox (varicella) Pediatric
- Drug overdose Urgent
- Epidural hematoma (bleeding outside of the brain or spinal cord) Urgent
- Subdural hematoma (bleeding on brain) Urgent
- Vertebral artery dissection (neck artery tear) Urgent
- Vertebral-basilar stroke (lower brain stroke) Urgent
- Wilsons disease